1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Missouri House District 40
Missouri House of Representatives · Missouri
Mike Ethington (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Sam Doutt (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike EthingtonRepublican · winner
51.6%4,357
Sam DouttDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%4,082
8,439 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET